EN 60670-1:2005/A1:2013

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Boxes and enclosures for electrical accessories for household and similar fixed electrical
installations - Part 1: General requirements (IEC 60670-1:2002/A1:2011, modified)
Dosen und Gehäuse für Installationsgeräte für Haushalt und ähnliche ortsfeste
elektrische Installationen - Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen (IEC 60670-
1:2002/A1:2011, modifiziert)
Boîtes et enveloppes pour appareillage électrique pour installations électriques fixes
pour usages domestiques et analogues - Partie 1: Règles générales (IEC 60670-
1:2002/A1:2011, modifié)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 60670-1:2005/A1:2013
ICS:
29.120.99 'UXJDHOHNWULþQDGRGDWQD Other electrical accessories
RSUHPD
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN 60670-1/A1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
April 2013
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 29.120.10
English version
Boxes and enclosures for electrical accessories for household and similar
fixed electrical installations -
Part 1: General requirements
(IEC 60670-1:2002/A1:2011, modified)

Boîtes et enveloppes pour appareillage Dosen und Gehäuse für
électrique pour installations électriques Installationsgeräte für Haushalt und
fixes pour usages domestiques et ähnliche ortsfeste elektrische
analogues - Installationen -
Partie 1: Règles générales Teil 1: Allgemeine Anforderungen
(CEI 60670-1:2002/A1:2011, modifié) (IEC 60670-1:2002/A1:2011, modifiziert)

This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 60670-1:2005; it was approved by CENELEC on 2012-
12-31. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate
the conditions for giving this amendment the status of a national standard without any alteration.

Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on
application to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.

This amendment exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language
made by translation under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the
CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as the official versions.

CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus,
the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

CENELEC
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation Electrotechnique
Europäisches Komitee für Elektrotechnische Normung

Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B - 1000 Brussels

© 2013 CENELEC - All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC members.
Ref. No. EN 60670-1:2005/A1:2013 E

Contents Page
Foreword . 3
7 Classification . 4
8 Marking . 4
10 Protection against electric shock . 4
11 Provision for earthing . 4
12 Construction . 4
13 Resistance to ageing, protection against ingress of solid objects and against harmful
ingress of water . 6
15 Mechanical strength . 6
16 Resistance to heat . 6
Figures . 6
Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international publications with their
corresponding European publications . 10
Annex ZB (normative) Special national conditions . 11

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Foreword
This document (EN 60670-1:2005/A1:2013) consists of the text of IEC 60670-1:2002/A1:2011 prepared
by IEC/SC 23B "Plugs, socket-outlets and switches" of IEC/TC 23 "Electrical accessories", together with
the common modifications prepared by CLC/TC 23BX "Switches, boxes and enclosures for household
and similar purposes, plugs and socket outlets for d.c. and for the charging of electrical vehicles including
their connectors".
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2013-12-31
• latest date by which this document has to be implemented
at national level by publication of an identical
national standard or by endorsement
(dow) 2017-12-31
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting
with this document have to be withdrawn

Annexes which are additional to those in IEC 60670-1:2002/A1:2011 are prefixed “Z”.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.
This standard covers the Principle Elements of the Safety Objectives for Electrical Equipment Designed
for Use within Certain Voltage Limits (LVD - 2006/95/EC).
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60670-1:2002/A1:2011 was approved by CENELEC as a
European Standard with agreed common modifications

COMMON MODIFICATIONS
7 Classification
Table 1
The IEC modification is not applicable.
8 Marking
8.1 The IEC modification is not applicable.
Add the following:
nd
Replacement of the 2 sentence of item d) by:
When the declared IP code is higher than IP4X or higher than IPX2 it shall be on the outside of the enclosure so as to
be easily discernible when the enclosure is mounted and wired as for normal use.
8.2 The IEC modification is not applicable.
10 Protection against electric shock
Replace of the last sentence by:
The probe is applied to all places, where yielding of insulating material could impair the safety, with a
force of 75 N except membranes, grommets, knock-outs and the like.
Add the following note:
NOTE Knock-outs are tested according to 12.8.2.
11 Provision for earthing
11.2 The IEC modification is not applicable.
12 Construction
12.1.2 Replace three times “test probe A” by “test probe B”.
Replace in Table 2 “test finger” by “test probe B of EN 61032”.
nd
12.3 Add the following after the 2 paragraph:
In case there is a cavity, the head of the screw can be protected by an additional cap of insulating
material. In this case the manufacturers instruction shall give information concerning the cap to be used.
In case there is no cavity the head of the screw shall be protected with a cap of insulating material in this
case, the cap shall be delivered with the box.
The cap shall stay in position during normal use.
Compliance is checked by the following test.
The caps are fixed to the boxes according to the manufacturer’s instructions and subjected to the ageing
test of 13.1.
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After 1 h, the boxes are then turned to a position with the opening in the direction of the floor.
The cap shall not come detached.
12.5 The IEC modification is not applicable.
12.8 Replacement of the title by:
12.8 Knock-outs
12.8.1 General
st nd rd
Replacement of the 1 , 2 , 3 paragraphs by:
It shall be possible to remove knock-outs without damaging the box.
Knock-outs intended for use with cables shall be free from chips or burrs.
knock-outs intended for use with conduits and/or a grommet or a membrane, chips and burrs are
disregarded.
th
Replacement of the 7 paragraph by:
This requirement does not apply to a blanking-plug which is assembled by threading into a threaded inlet.
st
12.8.4 Replacement of the 1 paragraph by
Knock-outs intended for the use of grommets, glands or fittings shall be located in flat surfaces to permit
grommets, glands or fittings to be placed fully against these surfaces when installed as intended.
12.9 The IEC modification is not applicable.
rd
Addition before the 3 paragraph of the following:
Screws or other fixing means made from insulating material similar to screws without standardised thread
which have to be tightened by any tool for fixing covers shall be tested according to the manufacturer’s
instructions ( e.g. torque value which could be different from Table 4 , nature of the tool,….).
12.10 The IEC title is not applicable.
Replacement of 'Figure Z1', 'Figure Z2' and 'Figure Z3' by 'Figure 22', 'Figure 23' and 'Figure 24'
respectively.
st
12.11 Replacement of the title and the 1 sentence by:
12.11 Boxes and enclosures classified according to 7.2.1.3
Boxes and enclosures for hollow walls classified according to 7.2.1.3 shall provide suitable means for
fixing the box or the enclosure to hollow walls.
12.13 The IEC modification is not applicable.
12.14 The IEC modification is not applicable.

13 Resistance to ageing, protection against ingress of solid objects and against
harmful ingress of water
13.2 The IEC modification is not applicable.
15 Mechanical strength
15.2 Renumber reference 15.2.1 into 15.2.
16 Resistance to heat
16.3 The IEC modification is not applicable.
Figures
Figure 4 – The IEC modification is not applicable.
Figure 19 – The IEC modification is not applicable.
Replacement of Figures Z1, Z2 and Z3 by Figures 22, 23 and 24:

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Key
1) specimen
2) plaster
3) block of wood
(*) The gap between the main external profile of the box and the internal profile of the receptacle shall be at least
20 mm, and for parts which project from the main profile never less than 10 mm.
Figure 22 – Example of mounting block for boxes to be embedded in masonry
(flush type and semi-flush type) according to 12.10

Key
1) auxiliary device
2) specimen
Figure 23 – Example of the fixing of the auxiliary device mounted
on a specimen according to 12.10

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45°
Key
1) supplementary weight (SW)
2) principal weight (PW)
3) carrier (C)
4) mounting plate (A)
Figure 24 – Example of test apparatus for the test according to 12.10

Replacement of the title of Figure 25 by
Figure 25 – Example of the protected volume (see 13.3.4)

Replacement of the title of Figure 26 by
Figure 26 – Demonstration of the non-penetration of the internal volume (see Clause 10)

Annex ZA
(normative)
Normative references to international publications with their
corresponding European publications
Add the following new reference to the Annex ZA of EN 60670-1:2005:
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 62444 2010 Cable glands for electrical installations - -

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Annex ZB
(normative)
Special national conditions
Clause Special national condition
Add the following to Annex ZB of EN 60670-1:2005:
8.1 United Kingdom
Add after (e):
The marking of the type reference is not used.
12.7 Germany
A cable retention is required for boxes and enclosures for hollow walls due to
installation practices.
12.7 Denmark
A cable retention is required for boxes and enclosures for hollow walls due to
installation practices.
13.2 Germany
A minimum protection degree of IP30 is required for boxes and enclosures for hollow
walls due to installation practices.
13.2 Norway
A minimum protection degree of IP30 is required for boxes and enclosures for hollow
walls due to installation practices.
13.2 Denmark
A minimum protection degree of IP30 is required for boxes and enclosures for hollow
walls due to installation practices.

Replace SNC for United Kingdom 12.9 by the following:
12.9 United Kingdom
With the exception of products within the scope of EN 60670-22 or EN 60670-23,
boxes shall be provided with metal threads so as to ensure safety and thread-forming
or thread-cutting screws shall not be used.

IEC 60670-1 ®
Edition 1.0 2011-03
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
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AMENDMENT 1
AMENDEMENT 1
Boxes and enclosures for electrical accessories for household and similar fixed
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Part 1: General
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